King Rat Movie Review 1965

Drama set in a WWII Japanese prisoner-of-war camp. Focuses on the effect of captivity on the English, Australian, and American prisoners. An American officer bribes his Japanese captors to live more comfortably than the rest. Based on James Clavell's novel.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on VHS
Running time 134 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Survival, World War II, POW/MIA, Books to Film: James Clavell

Screenplay

Bryan Forbes, James Clavell

Cast

George Segal, Tom Courtenay, James Fox, James Donald, Denholm Elliott, Patrick O'Neal, John Mills, Todd Armstrong, Gerald Sim, Leonard Rossiter, John Standing, Alan Webb, Sam Reese, Wright King, Joe Turkel, Geoffrey Bayldon, Reg Lye, Arthur Malet, Richard Dawson, William "Bill" Fawcett, John Warburton, John Ronane, Michael Lees, Hamilton Dyce, Hedley Mattingly, Dale Ishimoto

Cinematography

Burnett Guffey

Director

Bryan Forbes

Music

John Barry

Producer

James Woolf, Columbia Pictures